Popular baby names in New York, 1978

The most popular baby names in New York in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (3,747 babies) and Michael for boys (5,853). Social Security records list 208,585 babies born in New York in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1978

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rivka: 51 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Chaya: 63 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Chana: 104 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jasmin: 99 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Annmarie: 65 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lisette: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janine: 114 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eileen: 142 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miriam: 136 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeanine: 83 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 77 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Moshe: 81 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamel: 143 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 165 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wilfredo: 80 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ariel: 78 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kareem: 97 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexis: 69 babies, 4× the national rate
Dominick: 84 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Edwin: 314 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,747	–	1
2	Jessica	2,193	–	3
3	Melissa	2,051	–	2
4	Nicole	1,796	–	10
5	Michelle	1,474	–	9
6	Lisa	1,415	–	11
7	Elizabeth	1,271	–	14
8	Kelly	1,244	↑1	12
9	Amy	1,159	↓1	4
10	Danielle	1,135	–	31
11	Heather	1,100	–	5
12	Christine	1,097	↑1	29
13	Sarah	1,081	↑1	8
14	Christina	1,043	↑1	15
15	Kimberly	992	↓3	13
16	Stephanie	818	↑2	16
17	Laura	768	–	19
18	Rebecca	759	↓2	17
19	Erin	757	–	21
20	Amanda	697	↑6	6
21	Angela	656	↑3	7
22	Maria	656	–	36
23	Rachel	628	↑4	25
24	Andrea	624	↑5	23
25	Karen	622	↓4	39
26	Tara	596	↓6	40
27	Erica	583	↑7	34
28	Julie	570	↑2	26
29	Lauren	564	↑12	80
30	Shannon	560	↓5	22
31	Mary	539	↓8	24
32	Jamie	514	↓4	20
33	Sara	498	↓2	28
34	Katherine	488	↑11	38
35	Michele	476	–	86
36	Patricia	468	↑1	48
37	Kathleen	435	↑3	79
38	Susan	422	–	49
39	Jacqueline	413	new	81
40	Vanessa	412	new	76
41	Denise	408	↑3	85
42	Crystal	407	new	18
43	Kristen	405	↑4	62
44	Dawn	398	↓11	52
45	Jill	398	↓6	46
46	Cynthia	392	↓4	50
47	Catherine	384	↑2	72
48	Emily	383	new	33
49	Carrie	375	↓13	35
50	Tiffany	370	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	5,853	–	1
2	Jason	3,253	–	2
3	Christopher	3,245	–	3
4	David	3,112	–	4
5	John	2,690	–	7
6	Joseph	2,659	–	10
7	James	2,580	↑1	5
8	Robert	2,389	↓1	8
9	Brian	2,218	–	9
10	Daniel	2,202	–	11
11	Matthew	2,108	–	6
12	Anthony	1,772	–	20
13	William	1,622	–	13
14	Thomas	1,559	–	23
15	Kevin	1,469	–	15
16	Richard	1,454	–	21
17	Eric	1,352	–	16
18	Steven	1,249	–	24
19	Andrew	1,248	–	22
20	Jeffrey	1,219	–	19
21	Timothy	1,162	–	17
22	Paul	1,069	↑2	33
23	Mark	1,062	↓1	26
24	Nicholas	1,049	↑21	25
25	Joshua	993	↑1	12
26	Adam	990	↑2	29
27	Scott	947	↓4	30
28	Peter	897	↓3	54
29	Ryan	849	↑6	14
30	Charles	822	↑2	27
31	Jonathan	799	↓2	31
32	Stephen	765	↑2	37
33	Gregory	757	↓6	38
34	Jose	751	↓3	44
35	Sean	723	↓2	45
36	Justin	708	↑6	28
37	Jeremy	686	↓7	18
38	Patrick	682	↓1	42
39	Edward	652	↓3	47
40	Shawn	621	↓1	39
41	Kenneth	581	–	41
42	Keith	564	↓4	49
43	Benjamin	529	↓3	34
44	Aaron	521	↑2	32
45	Frank	496	↓2	77
46	George	492	↓2	58
47	Luis	481	↑1	>100
48	Carlos	443	new	78
49	Raymond	439	–	69
50	Vincent	420	new	>100

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